Jonah Melinn
Mrs. Tombre
2/13/2012
Composition/ 2nd hr.
The
day i was born was on Wednesday, August 31st, at Butterworth Hospital,
in Downtown Grand Rapids. The number one hit song when i was born was
Ill make love to you by Boys 2 men. I happen to share the same birthday
as Van Morrison, Frank Robinson, Queen Rania of Jordan, Chris Tucker,
and many others. After more than 3 years of negotiations, on August 31,
1994, the armed forces of the Russian Federation withdrew from Estonia.
The Provisional Irish Republican Army declared a Ceasefire on August
31st. The Video game “Need for Speed” was released in 1994. A month
before my birth on July 6th, Forrest Gump was released and was the top
grossing movie in North America for the year. The Mask and Lion King
were also released and made much profit. Also in 1994, The N.A.F.T.A.
was signed by The United States, Mexico, Canada. Aerosmith released
“Crazy” as a single and it peaked at #17 on the charts, while The
Rolling Stones released the album “Voodoo Lounge”, which one them a
Grammy Award for Best Album. The T.V. shows Law and Order and America’s
Funniest Home Videos were popular, but the most watched shows were
Seinfeld, and E.R. Also in 1994, America proved to the world it is
paramount in staging national events when the attendance number for the
Soccer World Cup, the number of people there was over 3.5 million, while
another 11 million watched from home on television. The U.S. team also
advanced until the 16th round, for the first time since 1930. In
football, the Dallas Cowboys won The Super Bowl and defeated the
opposing team, The Buffalo Bills. In the NBA, the Houston Rockets beat
the New York Knicks and won The NBA title. There was no Post season for
Baseball in 1994. And in the NHL, The New York Rangers out-skated the
Vancouver Canucks to win the Playoffs and take home the Stanley Cup.
Jonah Melinn
ReplyDeleteI enjoyed writing this because It allowed me to go back to many of the memories I had of movies, shows, and songs that I remember being well known and constantly played as a kid. I was able to reminisce about many of the domestic affairs America had, being both good and bad. After I had turned in this paper I had been curious enough to ask my dad some questions about my younger life, and learned quite a few things about myself. It was a new thing because I had never really cared to know about my day or even year of my birth and the events in it, so I found it to be rather interesting.